Monday, November 1, 2010

Baltimore Washington International Thurgood Marshal Airport, commonly known as BWI Airport, is located about 45 miles north of Washington, DC. See a map. BWI offers approximately 650 domestic and 22 international flights daily.

Southwest Airlines significantly increased its operations at BWI Airport, more low cost flights are available to the Baltimore-Washington metropolitan area.

The MARC and Amtrak train station is nearby offering train service to Union Station and to Prince George’s County, Maryland. BWI is a test site for the Department of Homeland Security and is used to try out new airport security screening methods. As a result, sometimes the security lines can be quite long, so plan ahead for unexpected delays.

For information about flight reservations and pricing, you'll have to call the specific airline directly or check online with a reservation service.

Airlines Serving BWI Airport

Air Canada
Air Jamaica
Air Tran
American
America West
British Airways
Continental
Delta
Frontier Airlines
Icelandair
Mexicana
Midwest Airlines
North American Airlines
Northwest
Southwest
United

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Baltimore/Washington International Thurgood Marshall Airport (IATA: BWI, ICAO: KBWI, FAA LID: BWI) is an international commercial airport serving the Baltimore-Washington Metropolitan Area in the United States. It is commonly called BWI, BWI Airport or BWI Marshall, BWI being an initialism for "Baltimore/Washington International" and the facility's IATA Airport Code. The airport is located in northern unincorporated Anne Arundel County, about 10 miles (16 km) south of Baltimore and 30 miles (48 km) northeast of Washington, D.C. It is adjacent to the Linthicum CDP.

It is named after Thurgood Marshall, a Baltimore native and the first African American to serve on the Supreme Court of the United States. BWI is a secondary hub for AirTran Airways and a focus city for Southwest Airlines and Cape Air. 20.96 million passengers passed through BWI in 2009, up 2.78% from 2008's 20.49 million, making it the 24th busiest airport in North America.

The airport was also ranked 47th in the world in total aircraft movements. In 2010 BWI was ranked as the best airport of its size (15-25 mil. passengers) in the world by the Airports Council International based on its 2009 Airport Service Quality survey.

1 comment:

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